2. In a medium saucepan over very low heat, melt the chocolate chips until smooth. Remove the pan from the heat, then mix in the shortening and coconut sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.

3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the brownies comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached.

In what ancient society did cavepeople have vegetable shortening? As if that isn't a highly processed "food"! I'm so tired of everything that doesn't contain chemicals or flour being called paleo. Anymore, it is just another trendy catchphrase used to equivocatingly designate a food as healthy.
To see Mother Earth News jump on the bandwagon is disappointing.

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